Music and Discourse: Toward a Semiology of Music

by Jean-Jacques Nattiez

Book Overview

In this book Jean-Jacques Nattiez, well-known for his pioneering work in musical semiology, examines both music, and discourse about music, as products of human activity that are perceived in varying ways by various cultures. Asking such questions as "what is a musical work" and "what constitutes music," Nattiez draws from philosophy, anthropology, music analysis, and history to propose a global theory for the interpretation of specific pieces,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691027145
• ISBN13: 9780691027142
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"